Owner Omer Yucel was criticised at a licensing review meeting by its chairwoman Councillor Jeanette Skeats who said: “I winced on more than one occasion when I read the reports into these horrific brawls. It makes me feel no-one is safe on your premises.”

The riverside venue was called to review after an appeal by Thames Valley Police who attended two mass brawls within months when late-night parties got out of control.

In November this year the bar had its appeal against the revocation adjourned to June 2011, leaving Mr Yucel able to continue trading until then.

A runaway lorry smashed into the front of a Whitley house after the driver is believed to have left the handbrake off.

Luckily there was no-one in the terraced home in Barnsdale Road at the time – the only person inside had popped to a neighbour’s just minutes before the Reid Transport truck hit.

The occupants of the council house, who included six children, were temporarily housed by Reading Borough Council.

Two neighbours had lucky escapes – one man who said he ‘didn’t have time to finish his cuppa’ and a girl who moments earlier had been answering a call of nature. The chaos started at 12.20pm when neighbours spotted the lorry parking in the road for the driver to pop into nearby BT offices.

The lorry is thought to have rolled down the road, smashing into a lamppost before it ricocheted into a dark green Ford Mondeo and down a bank into the terraced house.

A review into the running of Moorlands Primary School was sparked by concerns from parents.

The local education authority ordered an independent probe after more than 160 parents signed a vote of no confidence in headteacher Sudhana Singh in June.

The independent reviewer spoke to 48 people including parents, past and present teachers, and governors.

One parent, who wished to remain anonymous, said there was “no clarity” in the suggestions.

“It quite conveniently misses the main point of the review to determine the head’s ability to run the school,” she said.

“I see through it in that it’s trying to give parents something else to think about other than the primary issue.

“It hasn’t yet achieved the main aim, however there’s time for that to happen. I’m still very optimistic.”

Mrs Singh has been signed off sick until the new year. In November it was announced Kate Dethridge, current headteacher at nearby Churchend Primary School, would be Moorlands’ temporary executive head.